(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
aglyphodonta
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agrammatical
agrammatical
adj
(grammar) Not grammatical; ungrammatical.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agreeability
agreeability
noun
(uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
agricultural
agricultural
adj
(cricket) As if played with a scythe
Of or pertaining to agriculture
noun
A product or commodity from agriculture.
agriculturer
agriculturer
noun
agriculturist
agricultures
agricultures
noun
plural of agriculture
agrostologic
agrostologic
adj
Alternative form of agrostological
aiguilletted
aiguilletted
adj
Having an aiguillette.
aiguillettes
aiguillettes
noun
plural of aiguillette
alabastrites
alacreatinin
albergatrice
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albificative
albitization
albitization
noun
(mineralogy) conversion into albite
alcantarines
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alcoholature
alcoholature
noun
(medicine, dated) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
alcoholicity
alcoholicity
noun
A measure of the alcoholic content of something
alcoholmeter
alcoholmeter
noun
Alternative form of alcoholometer
alcoothionic
alderliefest
alderliefest
adj
(archaic) Most beloved.
aldolization
aldolization
noun
(organic chemistry) The formation of an aldol, normally from a corresponding aldehyde or ketone
aldosterones
aldosterones
noun
plural of aldosterone
alectoridine
alethiologic
alexandretta
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alexiterical
alexiterical
adj
alexiteric
algaeologist
algaeologist
noun
One who studies algaeology.
algaesthesia
algaesthesis
algaesthesis
noun
Alternative spelling of algesthesis
algesiometer
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alienigenate
alienigenate
adj
(obsolete, rare) foreign-born
aliethmoidal
aliethmoidal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
alimentation
alimentation
noun
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
A French delicatessen.
alimentative
alimentative
adj
Nutritious, nourishing.
Relating to aliment
alismataceae
alkahestical
alkahestical
adj
Alternative form of alkahestic
alkalimeters
alkalimeters
noun
plural of alkalimeter
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalinities
alkalinities
noun
plural of alkalinity
alkalisation
alkalisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalization
alkalization
alkalization
noun
alkalinization
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allantoidean
allantoidian
allantoinase
allantoinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces allantoate as part of purine metabolism.
allassotonic
allegorister
allegoristic
allegoristic
adj
allegorical
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelotropic
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alligatoring
alligatoring
noun
(painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
(roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
verb
present participle of alligator
alliterating
alliterating
verb
present participle of alliterate
alliteration
alliteration
noun
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alliterative
alliterative
adj
In the form or style of alliteration.
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allocability
allocability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is able to be allocated.
(uncountable) The condition of being allocable.
allocrotonic
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allodelphite
allografting
allografting
noun
The transplanting of an allograft
alloiometric
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allotelluric
allotheistic
allotheistic
adj
Of or relating to allotheism.
allothigenic
allothimorph
allothogenic
allotropical
allotropical
adj
(chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alstroemeria
alstroemeria
noun
Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
altaltissimo
altaltissimo
noun
The highest point of something.
alterability
alterability
noun
The property of being alterable.
alteratively
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternamente
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altimetrical
altimetrical
adj
Synonym of altimetric
altingiaceae
altiplanicie
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
amalgamating
amalgamating
verb
present participle of amalgamate
amalgamation
amalgamation
noun
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amalgamatize
amalgamatize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To amalgamate (make an alloy of a metal and mercury).
amalgamators
amalgamators
noun
plural of amalgamator
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambicolorate
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblydactyla
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
ambrettolide
ambrettolide
noun
(organic compond) The macrolide lactone 1-oxacycloheptadec-8-en-2-one
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amelioration
amelioration
noun
(linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
(philosophy) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
An improvement.
The act of making better.
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
ameliorators
ameliorators
noun
plural of ameliorator
amelioratory
amelioratory
adj
Serving to ameliorate or improve.
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
amethystlike
amiabilities
amiabilities
noun
plural of amiability
amianthoidal
amidoplastid
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amissibility
amissibility
noun
The quality of being amissible; the possibility of being lost.
amitotically
amitotically
adv
By means of amitosis.
amobarbitals
amobarbitals
noun
plural of amobarbital
amontillados
amontillados
noun
plural of amontillado
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphithalami
amphithecial
amplificator
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amygdalolith
amygdalotome
amygdalotomy
amygdalotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amyloclastic
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin